Thanks for the link. I see the issue now.
Based on the thread the next question is, what would it take to port the software from Open WRT to Raspbian?
It seems like the drawback is that the Raspbian distribution is huge by comparison to a 7 MB image.
That's really the only reason to migrate off OpenWrt. The reason Raspbian isn't the base is because:
-- It is massive, multiple gigabytes instead of 32 megs. I can't host giant preconfigured images so it would add more steps to the install process.
-- There is no web config tool for configuring wifi or network settings
-- Variability. Knowing exactly what is in the firmware on everyone's devices makes troubleshooting less painful.
-- Slower boots! Although this isn't as bad as it used to be.
There's also the complete rewrite of all the existing linkmeter code and web pages (wrinkles nose).